Cooper Hewitt announces new board appointments and newly created role of Chief Experience Officer
(Artdaily.org)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announced two exciting leadership shifts on the board of trustees and the recruitment of its first-ever chief experience officer (CXO). Effective Dec. 1, Elizabeth Ainslie serves as chair, Scott Belsky as president and Todd Waterbury as a vice president of its board of trustees. The officer elections took place at the board of trustees meeting Sept. 26. Ainslie succeeds Barbara Mandel, who led the museum’s board for four years and will remain on the board as a trustee. Belsky assumes the role of president from Beth Comstock, who served for six years. The museum also welcomes Carolyn Royston to the newly created position of chief experience officer, effective Feb. 5. “I want to express my profound gratitude to outgoing chair Barbara Mandel and president Beth Comstock, whose incredible leadership, dedication and support propelled Cooper Hewitt’s mammoth renovation and game ch